Home Sales on Track for Slowest Year Since Housing Bust
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Will China's Property Market Collapse Trigger a Financial Crisis?
China’s property market is on the brink, reminiscent of the U.S. 2008 crisis. Despite housing sales plummeting, Beijing’s intervention might not save the day. Banks,...
Bill Ackman says Treasury yields are going higher in a hurry, and that investors should shun U.S. government debt
Bill Ackman has had a good summer, with his bet on 30-year Treasury bonds paying off in dramatic fashion over the past few weeks. In...
Investors Fear Unsustainably High Interest Rates Will Spark Bank-Loan Defaults
U.S. government bond prices have plummeted, unsettling the stock market. Treasury yields have surged to 16-year highs, negatively impacting stocks, with tech giants like Amazon...
The Meltdown of the World’s Biggest Crypto Firm
Binance, once the dominant force in the crypto world after FTX’s crash, is now facing challenges. U.S. agencies’ enforcement threats have led to over a...
Can the U.S. Economy Survive Four Simultaneous Shocks at Once?
The U.S. economy is facing simultaneous threats: potential auto worker strikes, a possible government shutdown, the resumption of student loan payments, and rising oil prices....
Real-Estate Doom Loop Threatens America’s Banks
Listen to article (2 minutes) Bank OZK had two branches in rural Arkansas when chief executive officer George Gleason bought it in 1979. The Little...
Is there a subprime credit-card crisis on the horizon?
Subprime consumers are falling behind on their credit-card bills. From Generation Z and millennials to Generation X and baby boomers, credit-card delinquency rates have been...
The Biden Administration to Implement Overtime Pay for Millions of Workers by Default
The Biden administration proposes overtime pay for salaried workers earning around $55,000 or less annually, exceeding the current $35,568 threshold. The plan aims to add...
‘We are buyers of gold on weakness’: Yellow metal resilient as real rates surge, says Morgan Stanley
Gold appears resilient amid the recent surge in real interest rates, presenting a buying opportunity over the intermediate term, according to Morgan Stanley’s wealth-management business....